Chapter 552: Brainless
Old Cheng didn't recognize them at all, but he didn't embarrass them, and nodded with a smile: "Hello."
Zhou Minwei pulled up a chair and sat down at their table. He asked the waiter to bring over some glasses and smiled at Meng Yu and Yue Zemin: "Professor Li and I were having dinner next door. After learning that you two were having your wedding banquet here, we rushed over to ask for a drink and wish you a happy marriage!"
Li Mingze also raised his glass: "Congratulations to both of you."
Yue Zemin and Meng Yu smiled and clinked glasses: "We didn't have a wedding ceremony, we just invited relatives and friends to a meal, so we didn't inform the other teachers at the school. Please forgive us."
Li Mingze smiled and said, "I understand!"
Then he poured another glass of wine, raised it to Cheng Dong, and said, "Mr. Cheng, we'd like to toast you!"
Cheng Dong waved his hand: "The doctor said I can't drink alcohol, you guys can drink it yourselves." This was the truth.
But the two felt that Cheng Dong was disrespecting them. They were all teachers at the same school, and he didn't even give them this much face. Was he looking down on them?
Li Mingze smiled and nodded: "It's alright, we should listen to the doctor, but we still have your students! Students can say the same thing as their teachers!"
After saying that, he raised his glass to Gu Yin and said with a smile, "Zhou, how about it? Drink a toast on behalf of your teacher?"
Zhou Minwei didn't think anything of it. It wasn't uncommon for students to drink on behalf of others at banquets, so he also raised his glass.
The crowd fell silent.
Zhang Ge looked at the two of them quietly: "No, I'm not the teacher's student? You only see the junior sister, but you don't see me? As the second-in-command, if I'm supposed to drink in the teacher's place, it should be me. What? You look down on me?"
The two quickly shook their heads: "That's not true! Please don't be offended!"
Li Mingze explained, "We know that Zhou has started an unprecedented research project, so this drink is a way of wishing her success! What, you can't drink it? That's bad luck!"
Old Cheng frowned.
Gu Yin smiled and said, "I don't drink, thank you."
Li Mingze was displeased: "This is our dining culture! It's just that the occasion is wrong. If we were dining with leaders, someone like you would be standing up and pouring drinks for us! Being so hesitant and timid is not generous at all, and it doesn't suit the status of Master Cheng's disciple at all!"
He shook his head after saying that.
With a click, Old Cheng put down his teacup and chuckled, "What? My disciple is here to pour you wine? How come I didn't know? Does our school have such a culture, having students pour wine for teachers? Who made that rule? Tell me!"
Li Mingze laughed and said, "Professor Cheng, isn't this the unspoken rule? Why do we need to bring it up in the open? I know you take care of your students, but I still want to say something. You can't always take care of them and do everything for them. If you don't let them grow, what bad things will happen to them later? They'll blame you! Take the research project that Zhou started this time, for example. Thousands of predecessors couldn't do it, but she, a freshman, started it right away! The funding is pouring in like water. Isn't that a waste of money?! There should be a limit to how much you spoil your students. It's just to get them some experience; they don't necessarily have to have experimental results!"
Zhou Minwei, who was standing next to him, nodded in agreement.
Their table fell completely silent.
"Professor Li, do you have a grudge against me?" Yue Zemin asked, frowning as he looked at the two of them.
Li Mingze shook his head: "How could that be? Professor Yue, although we haven't had any contact, we definitely have no grudges! How can you say that?"
Yue Zemin said with dissatisfaction, "Since we have no grudge, why are you saying such nonsensical and absurd things on such an important day for me? Are you satisfied if my wife and I are unhappy?"
"That's absolutely not what we meant! We were just telling the truth! Your junior sister is really too arrogant! You guys still need to keep an eye on her! Otherwise, she'll make a fool of herself! What if other schools say that our school is all about connections?" Li Mingze raised his eyebrows and explained.
"Clap clap clap!" Gu Yin clapped her hands and laughed, "So insightful! Our school is truly blessed to have a teacher like Professor Li! By the way, Professor Li has been a professor for quite a while now, hasn't he? How many experiments has he done? How many papers has he written? How many are first authors?"
Li Mingze's face darkened: "My experiments are all quite difficult! It's normal that there are no results! You're too young to understand!"
Gu Yin nodded: "Indeed, doing experiments doesn't always guarantee results, that's quite normal. But how come the professor at the neighboring Huaqiao University was able to replicate those experiments you did in less than a year? Oh! I know, they didn't have that so-called drinking culture, they weren't jealous, they didn't waste their funds on eating, drinking, and having fun, they didn't suppress outstanding students, and they didn't accept bribes from underachieving students or give the list to those who weren't good at studying. That's why they were able to conduct the experiments!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Li Mingze stood up angrily and immediately rebuked him!
"You're framing me! Do you believe I can fire you with just these words?!"
Gu Yin chuckled, took a leisurely sip of tea, and nodded: "Go ahead and try, and see if I get fired or you get arrested."
Yesterday, after returning home, she asked 001 to investigate this person's background. It turns out he's the son-in-law of the director of the Education Bureau. After becoming a teacher at Qingdao University, he hasn't achieved anything significant. That would have been fine; he could have just taught diligently. But no, he wanted to mentor students. Initially, the students he mentored conducted some experiments, and he wrote his own name on them all! After being promoted to professor, he became even more inactive!
Under the guise of research projects, they squander the funding on lavish meals and drinks, and the students they recruit are all rich kids with mediocre grades. There are only a few spots available, while the truly talented students don't get any! Just like Wen Xin and other students without connections, they do experiments on their own, but they don't get any copyright. The first author is the supervisor, and the second author is other wealthy students. They get nothing!
Li Mingze looked at Cheng Dong: "Old Cheng, aren't you going to do anything about her?! This is a frame-up!"
Old Cheng looked at him expressionlessly: "Then go ahead and sue her, I agree."
Everyone around them was watching their table. Seeing several teachers getting up to come over, Li Mingze took a few deep breaths and said fiercely, "...You'll regret this!" He then quickly got up and left the hotel! Zhou Minwei sighed as he watched them leave as well!
After the person left, Old Cheng looked at Gu Yin and asked, "Did he offend you?"
Gu Yin nodded: "Yesterday, when I came out of the World Office, I ran into him in the hallway. He immediately said that I was arrogant and that my research project was obtained by bribing the teacher. He also said that my experiments were done by the teacher and then my name was put on them to gild my reputation. His tone was rude and his words were disgusting. After I got home, I looked him up and found out that he was the one who was like that!"
Zhang Ge said speechlessly, "This guy is a parasite on the school and the country! He still dares to come up to us and act arrogantly! I bet no one in his major dares to mess with him! He's been flattered so much that he's become arrogant and has lost his mind!" Wasn't Zhou Minwei just flattering him?
Meng Yu frowned: "It seems that the students in their major are in dire straits! Ayin, give me the information you found, and I'll talk to the principal tomorrow. Don't worry about these things, just focus on your experiments!"
Gu Yue replied casually, "Okay, then I'll trouble you, Senior Sister!"
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